How to Name It? (1986) is an instrumental Indian-Western fusion album by Ilaiyaraaja.[1][2] This was Ilayaraaja's first fusion music album. The album has musical movements that are dedicated to Tyagaraja, a religious musician and composer from South India (1767-1847) and the Western baroque music composer, J. S. Bach (1685-1750) of Germany.
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| Released | 1986 | |||
| Length | 48 Minutes | |||
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One of the tracks is based on Preludium in E by Johann Sebastian Bach.
The song "Chamber Welcomes Thiyagaraja" was composed in classical guitar based on Kamavardhini Raga. This piece is considered one of the difficult pieces composed for classical guitar based on Indian raga.[3]
Track listing
edit- "How to Name It?" (7:22)
- "Mad Mod Mood Fugue" (2:01)
- "You Cannot Be Free" (5:31)
- "Study for Violin" (1:38)
- "It Is Fixed" (5:04)
- "Chamber Welcomes Thiyagaraja" (5:49)
- "I Met Bach in My House" (7:16)
- "And We Had a Talk" (1:34)
- "Don't Compare" (8:08)
- "Do Anything" (5:21)[4]
References
edit- ^ Kolappan, B. (28 March 2023). "Flautist Sudhakar, who collaborated with Ilaiyaraaja on many memorable songs, no more". The Hindu. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
- ^ "Ilaiyaraaja announces sequel to popular album 'How To Name It?'". Onmanorama. IANS. 21 February 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
- ^ Ilaiyaraaja Official (3 July 2023). "Raaja's Concert at Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam - Ilaiyaraaja - Lydian Nadhaswaram - How to Name it ?". Retrieved 22 July 2024.
- ^ "How to name it LP Vinyl Record by Ilayaraja". Mossymart. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
External links
edit- How to Name It? at AllMusic. Retrieved 15:25, 15 September 2016 (UTC).
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